Biology: Molecular and Cell Biology B.S. Transfer Requirements: Golden West College → UC San Diego
The official course articulation for transferring into UC San Diego’s Biology: Molecular and Cell Biology B.S. major from Golden West College — i.e. exactly which Golden West College courses satisfy each UC San Diego major-preparation requirement, per ASSIST.org (2025–26).
Required courses (Golden West College → UC San Diego)
Calculus II
Take at Golden West College: MATH G185
Calculus I
Take at Golden West College: MATH G140 or MATH G180
Calculus Based Elementary Probability and Statistics
Take at Golden West College: STAT C1000
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Golden West College: MATH G180
Calculus for Science and Engineering
Take at Golden West College: MATH G185
Physics - Mechanics
Take at Golden West College: PHYS G185
Physics - Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Take at Golden West College: PHYS G285
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Golden West College: PHYS G280
Physics Laboratory - Electricity and Magnetism
Take at Golden West College: PHYS G280
Physics Laboratory-Modern Physics
Take at Golden West College: PHYS G285
Physics Laboratory - Mechanics
Take at Golden West College: PHYS G185
General Chemistry I
Take at Golden West College: CHEM G180
General Chemistry II
Take at Golden West College: CHEM G180 or CHEM G185
General Chemistry III
Take at Golden West College: CHEM G185
Introductory Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Take at Golden West College: CHEM G180 or CHEM G185
Organic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity
Take at Golden West College: CHEM G220
Organic Chemistry II: Reactivity and Synthesis
Take at Golden West College: CHEM G220 or CHEM G225
The Cell
Take at Golden West College: BIOL G183 or BIOL G180 or BIOL G182 or BIOL G186
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Take at Golden West College: BIOL G186 or BIOL G180 or BIOL G183 or BIOL G182
Introductory Biology Lab
Take at Golden West College: BIOL G180 or BIOL G183 or BIOL G182 or BIOL G186
View the official agreement on ASSIST.org ↗
Don’t plan this alone.
Skyway builds your full term-by-term plan from these exact requirements + IGETC, checks your gaps, models your GPA, and an AI counselor answers anything — free.
Start my free plan →Biology: Molecular and Cell Biology B.S. to UC San Diego from other colleges
Data sourced from ASSIST.org (official CCC→UC articulation) and the UC Information Center (transfer admit data), 2025–26. Skyway is an independent transfer-planning tool and is not affiliated with the University of California or ASSIST.